John Heslin

John Heslin
Personal information
Irish nameSeán Ó hEislin
SportGaelic Football
PositionMidfield
Born27 June 1992
Mullingar, Ireland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
OccupationStudent
Club(s)
YearsClub
2009-St. Loman's
Club titles
Westmeath titles1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
UCD
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2011-Westmeath4 (0-14)

John Heslin (born 27 June 1992) is a Gaelic footballer for Westmeath[1] and Australian rules footballer for the Irish Warriors. Heslin was drafted by Australian Football League club Richmond in 2011, with Pick #90 of the Rookie Draft, but left after just 3 months, without playing a single game.

Playing career

Gaelic football

The St Loman's GAA [2] clubman represented University College Dublin in the Sigerson Cup and Westmeath GAA at all level's and starred as Westmeath reached the Leinster Under-21 Football Championship final. He also played in 2 games of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Australian football

Heslin represented the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2011 Australian Football International Cup and kicked 4 goals in the tournament.

Richmond Football Club

Heslin joined the Tigers as a rookie in the 2012 Pre-season Draft.[3][4][5][6] After only three months on the Tigers' rookie list, homesickness proved too much for the St. Loman's clubman, and he resumed his inter-county career with Westmeath.[7]

References